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in my canoe several valuable thing's which I shall give as presents to the thief who could 

 return my shells to me." The man replied: "\'ou have found him. You sail on until 

 vou come to Makapuu and after you have passed that place steer your canoe for a point 

 between the bird islands and Mokapu. When you reach that point look for the cliff which 

 resembles the roof of a house, above, and directly below the cliff you wall see a grove of 

 Kukui trees; there you will find Iwa, the thieving son of Kukui." 



( Iwa was a small boy at this time, but while he was yet in his mother's womb he 

 used to go out stealing. He was the greatest thief in his day. ) 



"When you come to land, look for a small boy who goes about along the beach 

 without a loin cloth; that is Iwa. Take out your pig and the other articles of value 

 and lay them before him. Don't forget this, else all your things will be stolen from you 

 by Iwa." 



After receiving these instructions, Keaau set out, and after he had sailed past the 

 dififerent points he came to the landing below the home of Iwa. Upon touching land he 

 looked about him and saw a small boy without his loin cloth running along the beach. 

 Keaau then called out to him: "Is your name Iwa?" The boy replied: "No, Iwa is at 

 the house."" When Keaau arrived at the house he found Kukui, the father of Iwa. 

 Keaau then asked him: "Where is Iwa?" Kukui replied: "Did you not meet a small 

 boy on the beach running about without his loin cloth?" "Yes, there was such a small 

 boy." "Go back and present him your pig." When Keaau heard this, he returned and 

 said to Iwa: "There, you are Iwa after all; you misdirected me." Keaau then took 

 the pig and presented it to Iwa saying: " Here, I present this to Iwa, the thieving son of 

 Kukui, together with the articles of value in my canoe and the canoe itself." Iwa then 

 said to Keaau: "Let us return to the house." When they arrived at the house, the pig 

 was killed and put into the oven, and the awa was prepared. After the meal was over, 

 Iwa turned and asked of Keaau: "What is the object of your journey that has brought 

 you here?" Keaau replied: "I had two shells which were taken away from me by orders 

 from the king, Umi, and he has them in his possession now. I value these shells so 

 much that I am distracted, and that is the reason of my being present here." "We must 

 await until tomorrow morning," said Rva. 



They retired for the night, and on daylight the next day they boarded the canoe 

 and set out to sea. Iwa took the stern of the canoe with his paddle called Kapahi, while 

 Keaau took the seat at the bow. After they were seated in the canoe, Iwa called out: 

 "Kapahi, take Iwa out to sea," at the same time he dipped his paddle into the sea. (This 

 meant that one stroke of the paddle was all that was needed.) With this one stroke, they 

 passed between Niihau and Kauai. Iwa then asked : "Have we arrived?" "This is not 

 Hawaii, these islands are Kauai and Niihau." Iwa then turned the stern of the canoe 

 around and again called out to his paddle, Kapahi: "Kapahi, take Iwa out to sea." When 

 Iwa drew his paddle out of the sea they were passing outside of Kawaihoa. He then 

 asked of Keaau: "Have we arrived at Hawaii?" "No," said Keaau. Again Iwa took 

 up his paddle and gave one stroke and they left Molokai and Lanai to their rear and they 

 went floating between the island of Molokini and Pohakueaea, a point of land looking 



"Lying evidently came easy to this noted thief. 



